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Marvin Gaye's kids told they can't play dad's recording at copyright trial

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WENN.com
Jan 27, 2015

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have won a minor victory in their ongoing legal spat with Marvin Gaye's kids - the siblings won't be allowed to play their father's music in court. Gaye's children sued the hitmakers in 2013, claiming their song Blurred Lines was a rip-off of the late soul man's 1977 tune Got to Give It Up.
As next month's (Feb15) copyright trial looms, a federal judge has ruled he won't permit Gaye's recording to be played during the trial. As a result, the Gaye kids will have to book a live musician to perform the song on their behalf.
U.S. District Judge John Kronstadt told Gaye’s heirs they can only pursue their copyright claim if they agree to use a musician, who will play their father's written composition on a keyboard, because they don't own the performance or recording rights to the song.
The siblings' lawyer Richard Busch tells the New York Daily News, "We obviously disagree with the decision, and we are exploring our options."
Thicke and Williams' legal representative Howard E. King says, "We’re gratified that the judge recognised they can’t play the sound recording, which has all kinds of elements that are not in the written composition.
"I love Marvin Gaye. My clients love Marvin Gaye. But this is not about his voice, his character, his charisma. The question is whether Blurred Lines is a copy of what he wrote in the sheet music. And it's not."
The copyright trial is scheduled to begin on 10 February (15) in Los Angeles.

Studio bosses have banned Fifty Shades Of Grey director Sam Taylor-Wood from screening the movie for her family and friends amid fears they will leak details of the top secret Hollywood project. The erotic thriller, starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, is due for release next month (Feb15), and Taylor-Wood reveals movie bosses have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep details of the film quiet before it hits cinemas.
She tells Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, "The security is tighter than on any other film made in Hollywood. Ordinarily I would have screened it for people by now but I'm not allowed to. I haven't even been allowed a 'friends and family' screening. The studio's frightened someone will tweet, or put something about it on Facebook."
The much-anticipated film is based on the raunchy book trilogy by E. L. James.

Actress Sienna Miller and singer Emeli Sande are urging fans to sign up to a bone marrow donation register in support of a young girl who died of leukaemia 10 years ago. The two stars are joined in the campaign by more than 20 other famous Brits including Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, The Wire star Dominic West, actor Richard E. Grant, and Homeland star David Harewood.
They all appear in a star-studied video urging fans to consider joining the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register in memory of Milly Forbes, who died after battling acute myeloid leukaemia.
Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie, who was good friends with Forbes, she tells Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, "It is fantastic to see her legacy being continued, 10 years on, through this campaign. It is a fitting way to remember Millie this Christmas and hopefully to find a cure for people who are going through the same thing...
"The need for more donors, especially young men, to join the bone marrow register never goes away... Urge anyone between the ages of 16 and 30 to go to the Anthony Nolan website and see what it's all about. I can't think of a better feeling than potentially saving a life."
The #InspiredbyMillie project was set up by Forbes' sister and the short video will appear on the charity's website on Christmas Eve. (24Dec14).

A New York City home featured in classic film Breakfast At Tiffany's is on the market for $8 million (£5 million).
The Upper East Side townhouse served as Audrey Hepburn's character's abode in the 1961 film, and was featured in the background for her scenes alongside co-star George Peppard, including their famous kiss in the rain. The owner initially put the home on the market in May (14) for $10 million (£6.25 million) but has failed to lure any good offers, and decided to slash the price by $2 million (£1.25 million), according to the New York Daily News.
The house is currently configured as two separate duplexes, and boasts four stories, an enclosed greenhouse, five wood-burning fireplaces, a solarium and a large back yard. It was also the former home of Martha Stewart's stockbroker Peter E. Bacanovic, who served jail time as a result of an insider-trading scandal in 2004.

Nick Jonas has given casting agents in Hollywood a reason to put him at the top of their wish lists after revealing he'd consider baring all for the right film or TV role.
The pop star-turned-actor recently ripped off his T-shirt, dropped his trousers and grabbed his manhood for a provocative Flaunt magazine photshoot and now he admits he would show off everything if a good role demanded it. Promoting gritty new TV series Kingdom, the former clean-cut teen tells E! News, "I did just about everything in the show but (full) frontal, so you'll see pretty much every angle of me."
And he's not averse to letting it all hang out on camera, adding, "Never say never. If the art required it and it was a role I felt really committed to and, like, I had to go there with it, I would do whatever it takes to tell the story."

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Bosses at the New York clinic where Joan Rivers suffered a cardiac arrest have denied ever performing biopsies at the facility following a new report suggesting the comedienne stopped breathing during the delicate procedure.
The veteran star was undergoing a routine throat operation at Yorkville Endoscopy on 28 August (14) when her heart stopped beating. She was taken to nearby Mount Sinai Hospital, where she died a week later, on 4 September (14).
A new report published by the New York Daily News on Wednesday (10Sep14), suggests Rivers lost consciousness while undergoing the out-patient endoscopy because her doctor had decided to perform an unplanned biopsy - surgery typically only performed in a hospital - after spotting something unusual on her vocal cords.
However, medical professionals at Yorkville have since dismissed the allegations in a general statement, insisting "a biopsy of the vocal cords" has never been performed at their facility. Patient confidentiality laws prohibited them from specifically talking about Rivers' case.
The legendary funnywoman was laid to rest in a star-studded funeral on Sunday (07Sep14).

Male supermodel David Gandy turned down the chance to audition for a role in the Fifty Shades Of Grey movie as he found the book to be "very badly written". The British hunk's agents were approached with an audition offer, but he decided not to attend the tryout amid fears over the quality of E. L. James' erotic novel.
Gandy tells Britain's Daily Mirror, "I was asked to go to a casting for Fifty Shades of Grey, but said, 'No'. I thought it was very badly written."
The lead role in the film adaptation went to another model-turned-actor, Jamie Dornan.

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TV bosses have reportedly axed filming on Joan Rivers' TV show Fashion Police this week (beg01Sep14) as the funnywoman remains in a serious condition in hospital.
The 81-year-old comedienne suffered a cardiac arrest during routine throat surgery on Thursday (28Aug14) and was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City where she was placed in a medically-induced coma.
Rivers remains under the care of doctors, who are reportedly working to bring her out of the coma, and executives at the E! Network are now said to have axed a planned shoot for her style-focused TV show, which was due to take place in the Big Apple to coincide with New York Fashion Week, according to the New York Daily News.
A stand-up gig in New Jersey on Friday (29Aug14) was also called off following Rivers' hospitalisation.

Drummer Sheila E has confirmed she and and Prince were engaged in the 1980s. In her new memoir, The Beat of My Own Drum, the percussionist details the night the When Doves Cry hitmaker proposed to her during a concert in Europe in 1987, according to the New York Daily News.
She writes, "(He turned around half way into Purple Rain and mouthed), 'Marry me?'
"He blew me a kiss, turned to the audience, and took the most amazing guitar solo ever. For the rest of that year my relationship with Prince was a dream... We were with each other all day and all night."
Following the engagement, the couple split its time between Los Angeles and his native Minneapolis, but decided to keep the impending nuptials secret.
However, by the 1990s, the couple's relationship had deteriorated following numerous infidelities and the death blow for the romance came when Prince allegedly refused to allow Sheila to attend her grandmother's funeral.
She explains, "He was my boss, he reminded me. He signed the paycheques."

Sir Cliff Richard has turned down a Portuguese honour in the wake of a sex scandal back in his native England. The singer, who owns property in Portugal, was to be presented with the keys to his adopted city of Albufeira, but he has chosen not to accept the honour, following his denial of a sex offence.
Earlier this month (Aug14), his home in Berkshire was raided by police officers following allegations Richard sexually assaulted a boy under the age of 16 in 1985.
Denying the claims, Richard said, "For many months I have been aware of allegations against me of historic impropriety which have been circulating online. The allegations are completely false. Up until now I have chosen not to dignify the false allegations with a response, as it would just give them more oxygen."
The singer was due to be awarded the Freedom of Albufeira on Wednesday (20Aug15), but did not attend the ceremony.
The city mayor Carlos Silva e Sousa told the Daily Telegraph, "Cliff was invited to receive the gold key of the city because he is a distinguished member of Albufeira. It's a big honour. We are recognising big politicians and figures in civil society. He's not here today because it was his choice.
"It doesn't change my opinion of him. We are very proud of him, he is a big man. He is a very good man and we keep that opinion... I hope to give him the award at some point."
The news comes a day after Richard's publicist revealed the singer would not be returning to Britain from Portugal for a concert at Canterbury Cathedral next month (Sep14).